The captain of a boat pushing a barge was sentenced to six months in prison Friday for a negligent explosion that killed a deckhand and caused hundreds of thousands of gallons of a petroleum byproduct ...

A deckhand at the helm of a towing vessel had fallen asleep before the tow struck a dock near Clatskanie, Ore. last year, according to a report published by the National Transportation Safety Board ...

LEMONT, Illinois (Reuters) - If it weren't for Paulie Perez, Curtis Logsdon says he would often be deaf and blind. "When I can't see over the barges in front of me, Paulie is my eyes and ears," said ...

A young man died Wednesday after being crushed between two barges in the Naknek River. Spencer Vaughn Brewer, 20, of Seattle was a deckhand with Naknek Barge Lines. The Bristol Bay Borough Police ...

Crews from multiple law enforcement agencies in the Hardin County area are searching Pickwick Lake for a deckhand reported missing Friday afternoon. Hardin County Fire Chief Melvin Martin said the ...